JUURI Blogs
New Painting: “Trash or Treasure?”
I really felt the need to get back to painting watercolor on paper instead of acrylics on wood for awhile. There’s something about that paper texture that endlessly inspires me. Maybe it my “meant-to-be” after all.
So here’s the piece I finished today. It’s called “Trash or Treasure?” The girl has the Japanese word “muyou” inscribed on her neck. It literally means “no use” or “useless.”
First Print Release of 2013: “The Standing Death of Ben-Kei St. Sebastian”
Yaaay, let’s start off the new year with a lovely print release.
“The Standing Death of Ben-Kei St. Sebastian” is now available to purchase through Thumbprint Gallery in La Jolla, CA. It’s a 12×16″ gorgeously vibrant gicleé print on archival paper. Of course, each one of the prints in this limited edition is signed, stamped, and numbered by me personally.
Giant Robot 2's Post It Show 8 in Los Angeles!
Guh! I'd forgotten all about Post It Show 8 until not that long ago, so here I am getting some pretty post-its done at the last minute (again.) I had soooooo much fun with these, though. They are on the theme of "mythological creatures + girls" that I've been in a frenzy of lately.
Info about the show is here. Hope you LA people can attend and snatch up some great mini-sized art for $25 per piece! Wahooze!
New Work: "Despot"
I just finished this rather large piece on birch plywood. I wanted the girl's expression to be innocent but pained; hence her skintone is pale. I didn't put down any base color for her skin... the color you see there is the natural birch wood tone.
Friends From All Over the World - JUURI Needs A Tissue!-
It's not often I get misty-eyed at work, but today I had so many new "likes" on the JUURI Facebook page and I got curious, so I asked where all these new friends were from.
Sometimes I feel like I'm struggling to make art in a tiny space in a moderately-small town in a most-often-ignored state in the US of A, a country which is more isolated than we think. But your sweet responses have reminded me that the beauty I create here is enjoyed by people not only all over the US, but all over the world. You guys inspire my socks off and give me power to make more art! Wawawawah I might cry for real.